The Degree of Susceptibility of Nectary-Inoculated Cotton Flowers and Bolls to Subsequent Seed Infection by Aspergillus flavus Is Determined at or before Anthesis

AUTOR(ES)

Klich, M. A.

RESUMO

In greenhouse and field studies, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) flowers were inoculated with Aspergillus flavus at the involucral nectaries. Bolls developing from early-season flowers had significantly higher percentages of A. flavus-infected seed than did bolls from flowers formed later in the season. Seeds from bolls inoculated 2 weeks after anthesis had the same infection levels as those from flowers inoculated at anthesis. These results indicate that early-season flowers are predisposed to A. flavus infection and that the degree of susceptibility at anthesis is retained through early boll development.

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